Suzanne Léger (1897-1990), St Germain De Confolens Under The Floods Of The Vienne, Pastel

Pastel representing Saint Germain de Confolens under the floods of the Vienne by Suzanne Léger (1897-1990), painter of the Crozant school. Good condition. Delivery 18 euros in France, 35 euros in the EU and 100 euros rest of the world. The painter. Suzanne Edith Anne Marie Marcelle Léger was born on December 23, 1897 in Dorat, to Narcisse Léger, justice of the peace and Marguerite Levet, without profession. In 1909, she was twelve years old when she began to paint with the wife of a notary in Châteauponsac. In 1911, she painted her first picture, a view of old Bellac from her home. Then the young artist meets the painter Jean Teilliet, originally from Saint-Junien, of whom she will become a pupil, then she will assist him in his creations. In 1927, Suzanne Léger "went up" to Paris, out of the question for her to study Fine Arts, "a place of perdition" according to her parents who opposed it. She lives a few steps from "La Ruche" where she goes there every day to meet other painters. From 1929, she began to exhibit to French Artists. A few years after the death of Jean Teilliet, she finally obtained her first gold medal at the Salon des Artistes Français for a large canvas of Saint-Germain-de-Confolens (kept in the Mézières museum). In 1940, during the war, she returned to Limousin where she continued to paint. She takes in Jésékiel Kirschenbaum (student of Klee, Kandinsky, Kickert). "In her painting, Suzanne Léger does not look for detail but for the sensation of a moment", explains Jean-Claude Bagnol. The musician. “Through this exhibition, we have chosen to talk about his two passions: painting of course, but also folk music (dance, hurdy-gurdy). This lesser-known aspect of his personality will “speak” to people here,” assures Jean-Claude Bagnol. The generous. In 1954, Suzanne Léger donated her Prat estate (135 ha and the castle) to the Dorat hospital to make it a convalescent and rest home for children, today ITEP. In September 1981, before a notary, Suzanne Léger gave 186 listed paintings and canvases to the municipality of Mézières for the creation in the premises of the town hall of a museum which would bear her name. On December 2, 1990, Suzanne Léger died in her studio at the Mézières-sur-Issoire home.